Title: Occassional error message
Last modified: May 23, 2026

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# Occassional error message

 *  [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/)
 * (@sephage)
 * [2 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/occassional-error-message/)
 * I occasionally receive this error message in the dashboard widget:
 * Request had invalid authentication credentials. Expected OAuth 2 access token,
   login cookie or other valid authentication credential. See [https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project](https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project).
 * Refreshing the admin page clears it.

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 * Last reply from: [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/)
 * Last activity: [2 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/occassional-error-message/)
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